1. (personal name) Venus as a morning star - the second planet from the sun in the solar system and the brightest celestial object after the sun and moon.

1. (personal noun) fifth month of the Māori year, approximately equivalent to October.

1. (personal noun) October.

1. (loan) (personal noun) October.

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1. (personal noun) fifth month of the Māori year, approximately equivalent to October.

1. (personal noun) fifth month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to October.

1. (personal noun) fifth lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to October and traditionally used by Ngāti Awa.

1. (noun) black orchid, Gastrodia cunninghamii - an endemic plant of North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Uncommon north of the Waikato. Usually montane and mostly in beech dominated forests or montane pine forest plantations. Sometimes found at lower altitudes in dark hollows within forest, especially in naturally cold sites. Brown or white flowers October-March, fruiting in December-May.

1. (stative) be lumpy, swollen.

1. (noun) southern cutty grass, Carex ternaria - widespread along stream, lake and pond margins and in seepages, flushes, and around shallow ephemeral pools. Usually in open, well lit situations but also may be fringing streams running through successional forest. Robust sedge forming diffuse dark green to dark glaucous green clumps up to 3 m tall. Spreads with stout rhizomes. Plants dying back to rhizomes in cold conditions.Flowers October - December.

1. (noun) black orchid, Gastrodia cunninghamii - an endemic plant of North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Uncommon north of the Waikato. Usually montane and mostly in beech dominated forests or montane pine forest plantations. Sometimes found at lower altitudes in dark hollows within forest, especially in naturally cold sites. Brown or white flowers October-March, fruiting in December-May.

1. (noun) haekaro, Pittosporum umbellatum - a small tree with large, leathery, alternate leaves. Found mainly in the northern North Island in coastal lowland forest and scrub, on offshore islands and rock stacks. Flowers are cream, red or pink and appear August-October.

1. (noun) native hibiscus, Hibiscus richardsonii - an indigenous annual to short-lived perennial herb up to 1 m tall found in the North Island, from Te Paki eastward to Hicks Bay, including Great Barrier and Mayor Islands. Strictly coastal, growing in recently disturbed habitats, such as around slip scars, within petrel colonies, on talus slopes, and under open coastal scrub and forest. Flowers solitary uniformly white, cream to very pale yellow, basally sometimes with pale reddish-pink striations. Flowers October to May.

1. (noun) black orchid, Gastrodia cunninghamii - an endemic plant of North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Uncommon north of the Waikato. Usually montane and mostly in beech dominated forests or montane pine forest plantations. Sometimes found at lower altitudes in dark hollows within forest, especially in naturally cold sites. Brown or white flowers October-March, fruiting in December-May.

1. (personal noun) Deneb - the brightest star in the constellation Cygnus. Sets in the evening in October and November.

1. (personal noun) fifth month of the Māori year, approximately equivalent to October and traditionally used by Ngāti Kahungunu.

1. (noun) stork's bill, Pelargonium inodorum - forms low mounds of vivid green leaves up to 350mm, moving on to throw up a profusion of tiny flowers from October through to the end of summer. In late summer, plants produce large quantities of seed, giving plants an untidy appearance.

1. (noun) stork's bill, Pelargonium inodorum - forms low mounds of vivid green leaves up to 350mm, moving on to throw up a profusion of tiny flowers from October through to the end of summer. In late summer, plants produce large quantities of seed, giving plants an untidy appearance.

1. (noun) common knotgrass, prostrate knotweed, Polygonum aviculare - an annual herb found in fields and wasteland, with white flowers from June to October. Has a semi-erect stem that may grow to 10 to 40 cm high. The leaves are hairless and short-stalked.